[Bbradley62]

the hog, on 2011-December-12, 22:15, said:

Yes, but a question on this topic seems to surface every 2 weeks or so.

Based strictly on thread titles, I see two other threads in the past 18 months covering this subject, so more feedback is available at:
http://www.bridgebas...1-h-or-1-spade/
http://www.bridgebas...ling-6-5-hands/

[barmar]

Noticed this by gnasher in the second thread Bradley linked:

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I'd always open the 6-card suit unless it was something like AKQxx and Jxxxxx.

That's exactly the situation that came up in the GIB thread that prompted this poll.

GIB considers the 6-card minor worth opening, but not worth bidding twice. And since it wasn't strong enough to reverse, it ended up rebidding 1NT as a last resort.

[Bbradley62]

It appears that the compromise consensus would be to open 1♥ if the hearts are of reasonable strength, and treat the hearts like a 4-card suit if they're sufficiently weak. (In GIB terms, I guess that means opening a "rebiddable" 5card ♥ suit but not one that's only "biddable".)

[phil_20686]

whereagles, on 2011-December-13, 01:21, said:

For instance, before Colombus most people believed the Earth was flat.

History Fail. This is not actually true and was mostly an invention of late 18th century historians.http://en.wikipedia...._the_Flat_Earth

[pooltuna]

depends on the high card structure within both red suits. Either call could be made

[JLOGIC]

I would often open 1H (well often for me), maybe like 40% of the time. 5 hearts and 6 diamonds is the only time I'd do this. However, I'd also be willing to open 1D and reverse lighter than most people.

[xxhong]

Any 6 card suit should be rebiddable regardless the suit quality.
For example: Ax AKJx x xxxxxx, after 1C and 1S, 2C is the only bid.

barmar, on 2011-December-13, 16:04, said:

Noticed this by gnasher in the second thread Bradley linked:

That's exactly the situation that came up in the GIB thread that prompted this poll.

GIB considers the 6-card minor worth opening, but not worth bidding twice. And since it wasn't strong enough to reverse, it ended up rebidding 1NT as a last resort.

[whereagles]

phil_20686, on 2011-December-14, 13:58, said:

History Fail. This is not actually true and was mostly an invention of late 18th century historians.http://en.wikipedia...._the_Flat_Earth

That's interesting. I'll try and have a look at it.

Meanwhile change my comment to: "Before Galileo most people believed the Sun orbited the Earth."

(Which is in fact true if you set the Earth as your reference frame lol.)

[gwnn]

The Earth hardly revolves around anything (other than its own axis). It is going on a geodesic determined by all stars etc in the Universe.

[gordontd]

whereagles, on 2011-December-13, 01:21, said:

before Colombus most people believed the Earth was flat.

And since Colombus, most people believe he discovered America.