Glenna:
I personally would not overcall a NT opener and his partner’s Stayman
request with such a bad suit. How does W know that S isn’t sitting there with 4
beautiful ♠️. As it is, N has the 4
beautiful ♠️! In an open game 2 ♠️ would be doubled for penalty because N is much too good.
Sure 2 NT makes, but figure out what happens to 2 ♠️ doubled!!
To compete with a NT opener, I think the overcaller should have a solid 5-card
suit or a good 6-card suit. The other time to compete is when the
overcaller has 2 good 5-card suits. That allows him to pull trump and have
another suit that will provide discards for other losers. You need to remember
that the NT opener is OVER the overcaller and will be able to win most
tricks that declarer plays.
Often the best thing is to have your 5 nice ♠️ as a surprise for declarer and let them do most of the
work!
Hope
this helps,
Glenna
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