My worst experience was when I quit playing this game twice, BTW. In both instances I lost to the point I ran out of tokens. Firstly in 2014, I lost 20+ tokens, then in 2015, I lost 50+ tokens for several auctions that ended in nothing.
The only time I won a bidding war that costs me 20+ tokens is with the American Nic Brannan that costed me 38Ts. The only positive I could take at that time was that he is a great player.