Doubts

[violetmind]

Thanks for taking the time to share.

tactic is this: bid with maybe 10-30 minutes left. Often a player will bid in the last seconds when they think I am not there to bid again, then I bid in the last second of round 1 to win the auction. Check other bidders to see where they are from and try to use to your advantage e.g. If I see an Asian bidder at this time, I know it's likely they will be around to keep bidding

Seems like this tactic is well known and most people won't fall for it. See it happening a lot and there are numerous cases where I've seen multiple bids (maybe 2 or 3 in quick succession) from the same manager just before and just after the round ends. I think just to make sure they win and not fall prey to the tactic you mentioned.