I think what happened there is that you AND the other bidder both bid at the last second, yours was the 2nd one accepted and thus you were the leader but the next round starts because there was still two bidders.

This happens a lot with me because I snipe and quite often both myself and the other bidder will hit at the last second and then it starts over.


But you do not get always get a chance to respond to a bid. Some games, like fifa always reset a new 30 seconds if someone bids so everyone has a chance to bid again.

This game works totally different and it is very simple. The only way the counter resets is if at least 2 people bid in a given round. If less than 2 people bid in any round the auction ends.

Look at the history of bids while you are in auction. You can always see that the other guy bid in the round.