North-South vulnerable.  
North deals.
                              NORTH
                              S: Void              
                              H: A J 8 4 3   
                              D: 10 8 7    
                              C: A Q 7 3 2
            WEST                             EAST
            S: Q 10 8 6 2                    S: J 9 7        
            H: 10 9 7 5 2                    H: 6          
            D: 6                             D: K Q J 9 4 2       
            C: 6 5                           C: J 8 4       
                              SOUTH                         
                              S: A K 5 4 3
                              H: K Q        
                              D: A 5 3     
                              C: K 10 9 
          The Bidding:
                  NORTH    EAST    SOUTH    WEST                  
                   Pass    Pass     1S      Pass
                   2H       3D      3NT     Pass
                   Pass    Pass
	Opening Lead: 6D
     This hand was played at a local duplicate bridge game and
with the auction shown above the North-South partnership failed
to reach what appears to be a very reasonable slam.  In my
opinion, the North hand should be opened at any form of
competition.  Once passed, partner will never believe that the
hand contains the values it actually has, making slam out of the
question.
     I would suggest the following auction using standard bidding
methods.  
                  NORTH    EAST    SOUTH    WEST                  
                   1H       2D      3D      Pass
                   3H      Pass     3S      Pass
                   4C      Pass     4NT     Pass
                   5H      Pass     5NT     Pass
                   6C      Pass     6NT     Pass
                   Pass    Pass
     The three diamond bid by South is forcing and shows a big
hand.  North should temporize with a three heart call.  After 
three spades by South, North can introduce his second suit. 
South should now take control and ask for aces and then kings
when all of the aces are accounted for.  The only question is 
what slam should be played.  With only a single diamond stopper
it might be wise for South to pass at his last turn and leave six
clubs as the final contract.  On the other hand, this is
duplicate and the extra points available for a no trump slam may
be worth the risk.
     The opening lead is the six of diamonds and it is apparent
that this hand must be played carefully because of entry
problems.  There is no reason to hold up the ace of diamonds. 
The bidding tends to indicate that West is leading a singleton
diamond.  East plays the jack and declarer wins the ace.  The
nine of clubs is played to the ace and both defenders follow.  A
small club back to the king also fetches a club from each
defender and now it appears that a grand slam may have been
missed.
     Declarer cashes the king and queen of hearts.  East shows
out on the second round and declarer has only to cash the top two
spades, discarding diamonds from the dummy and then lead his last
club to the queen.  Dummy will win all of the rest of the tricks
save the last heart which will go to West and the small slam will
do no worse than to tie for top score on the board.
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