Btw, I read the auction rules, but I am not sure I understood everything, for example how the hell can QB bought rakleader in that price while there were a bid with twice as high a price?
We have a sample auction sheet which explains how the process works with an example. Every manager gets to control the number of players they want to buy in each round(this can be any number from 1-8). It is another aid given to managers to ensure that they don't blow all their money on one single round, but at the same time, can bid multiple on players in case they miss their primary targets.
In the example, Lightning Revenant doesn't want Sultan Kosmitow if he manages to buy 3 players (this is because he may want to bid for another big player available in some other round.. Or he reckons that he wont have enough money if he gets too many players). So he sets the priority on Sultan as 4 and max players as 3. This essentially means that Lightning is only in contention for Sultan if he misses one of his 3 primary targets. After lightning is ruled out of the race , Sultan just goes to the next highest bidder.
Edited 11/22/2017 06:33:22