Spot on, and although WHC thinks they're being smart by displaying all bids + prices, thus encouraging lots of user bidding activity, what they're really doing is providing a roadmap to their competitors on exactly which domains will yield the highest auction price.
I know we can all try to predict which premium domain will go higher at auction, but the WHC Hot List is an real-world stock ticker of actual user bids in progress, so it will be far more accurate than guesswork.
Danny Hunter seeing WHC's $4K+ pre-auction price on Canoe.ca and front-loading his TBR servers appropriately...