World Cup Calcutta Pool Day 3 Auction Thread
 

The auction will run from when I post this (around 12:00 PM Eastern) to 4:30 PM Eastern. After that winners of teams will be declared.

Minimum bid amounts: $1.
Minimum increase: $1.

To bid, post in this thread. The time stamp will be final as to who is the first bid at a dollar amount and who is the last bid for the day. 4:30 is a good bid. 4:31 is not a good bid.

Bids should take the following format:

BID SPAIN $74

You may bid on more than one team in the same post, but please label each bid individually.

Feel free to post commentary or trash talk, but bids should be labeled clearly in the above format.

Participants:
1. digamma
2. cartman
3. QuikSand
4. MalcPow
5. Critch
6. hahnkim
7. Karlifornia
8. Chief Rum
9. britrock88
10. Landshark44

The rules and payout information is in this thread.

The eight teams up for bid today are (selected at random using Random.org):

the NETHERLANDS
BELGIUM
ECUADOR
COSTA RICA
ARGENTINA
ITALY
ENGLAND
RUSSIA

Hold please.

Haven't we already had Honduras?

OK, Open for bidding.

BID BELGIUM $10
BID ARGENTINA $10
BID ENGLAND $10
BID NETHERLANDS $10
BID ITALY $10

Bidding will be interesting today. Some big names out there.

BID COSTA RICA $1

BID ARGENTINA $20

BID ECUADOR $5

BID RUSSIA $3

BID ARGENTINA $35
BID ITALY $35
BID RUSSIA $12

BID ARGENTINA $40

BID ENGLAND $15

BID ARGENTINA $45
BID ENGLAND $20
BID ITALY $36

BID ARGENTINA $55

BID BELGIUM $20

Damn.... Already we have...


Argentina $55
Italy $36
England $20
Belgium $20
Russia $12
Netherlands $10
Ecuador $5
Costa Rica $1


and it's only 12:34

BID ITALY $45

BID ENGLAND $25

BID BELGIUM $25

BID NETHERLANDS $20

So, by process of elimination, tomorrow we will have:

Mexico
Chile
Colombia
France
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Iran
Germany
Austrailia

Argentina $55
Italy $45
England $25
Belgium $25
Russia $12
Netherlands $20
Ecuador $5
Costa Rica $1

BID ARGENTINA $60

BID ECUADOR $6

BID COSTA RICA $2

BID RUSSIA $15

BID ARGENTINA $65

BID RUSSIA $18

BID ECUADOR $8

Currently...


Argentina $65
Italy $45
England $25
Belgium $25
Russia $18
Netherlands $20
Ecuador $8
Costa Rica $2


1:28pm

BID ARGENTINA $66

BID ECUADOR $9

BID ARGENTINA 70
BID COSTA RICA 5
BID ECUADOR 10

BID ENGLAND $35

BID ECUADOR $12

BID BELGIUM $26

Currently...


Argentina $70
Italy $45
England $35
Belgium $26
Russia $18
Netherlands $20
Ecuador $12
Costa Rica $5


2:27

The last 5-10 minutes today is going to be mayhem

there will be more money spent today, than first two days combined....

BID ARGENTINA $73
BID BELGIUM $30
BID NETHERLANDS $25

BID BELGIUM $33

...bad timing for me again, I'll once again be unable to be part of the late day rush. Alas.

BID RUSSIA $20

BID ECUADOR $13

BID NETHERLANDS $26

BID BELGIUM $35

BID ECUADOR $14

BID ECUADOR $15

BID ECUADOR $16

BID ECUADOR $17

BID ARGENTINA $75
BID ECUADOR $20

BID RUSSIA $21

BID RUSSIA $22

BID BELGIUM $40

BID ARGENTINA $76

BID BELGIUM $42

BID NETHERLANDS $28

BID ITALY $50

BID COSTA RICA $6

BID RUSSIA $23