[helene_t]

But even if the psyche sometimes forces you to the 4 level it is still safe to use it with 4card hearts support. It is only unsafe if opener is allowed to bid 4s with 3card spade support.

[lycier]

pran, on 2015-December-07, 08:39, said:

Holding ♠HHx has never, and shall never prevent me from opening (weak) 2♥ if the heart suit and hand strength as such is suitable.

"practically never" must be a huge exaggeration.

♠KQx

♥Ajxxxx

♦xxxx

♣x

Such 2♥ opening must be a huge exaggeration?

[pran]

lycier, on 2015-December-07, 09:01, said:

♠KQx

♥Ajxxxx

♦xxxx

♣x

Such 2♥ opening must be a huge exaggeration?

Vul against non-vul?
(And maybe change the minors to xxx - xx)

What about
♠KJx
♥ATxxxx
♦xxx
♣xx

?

[PeterAlan]

lycier, on 2015-December-07, 09:01, said:

♠KQx

♥Ajxxxx

♦xxxx

♣x

Such 2♥ opening must be a huge exaggeration?

pran, on 2015-December-07, 09:14, said:

Vul against non-vul?
(And maybe change the minors to xxx - xx)

What about
♠KJx
♥ATxxxx
♦xxx
♣xx

?

All these hands (including Pran's xxx - xx variation of Lycier's) have 14 cards.

[pran]

PeterAlan, on 2015-December-08, 06:32, said:

All these hands (including Pran's xxx - xx variation of Lycier's) have 14 cards.

Oops!

Take away a diamond in my examples!

[Trinidad]

I didn't say that HHx in spades was impossible. I did say that it was rare.

Many methods in response to a weak two gear towards finding out:

• whether there is a side suit honor
  
• in which suit it is

Note the use of the singular in the second part. Most weak twos have either 0 or 1 outside honors. It is possible to have 2, but it is so rare that common bidding methods don't allow for it.

Here, we are not merely dealing with 2 outside honors (which in itself is rare but not impossible).

No, these two honors:
need to be in a three card suit
and
they need to be in spades
and
spades is the suit in which partner just has shown a good suit (presumably headed by a couple of honors and with length)

This all together promotes something that is rare by itself to the status of "highly unlikely (but still not impossible)".

In short: I would not sit and wait for the occasion of having a weak two with HHx in a suit that my partner has just advertised as a good suit.

Rik