Maybe these Headhunter tournaments aren't for me

A while ago I mentioned that I loved the new Headhunter tournaments at William Hill. I've had some great finishes, but I've not made as much prize money as I should have.

The way the prize money works is that 50% of your entry fee goes to the prize fund, and the remainder goes towards the bounties. You get bounties for knocking players out.

I have reached the final table on about 4 occasions now with 2 top 4 finishes. My prize money was quite low on each occasion as I did not knock many players out (4 & 1 respectively, if I remember correctly). On a couple occasions, I have made the money only to receive less money than my entry fee. In a game last night, I finished 17th out of 163 (top 20 paid). Entry fee was £10, but I only won about £7.50 because I failed to knock any players out.

I may try other tournaments at William Hill instead for now. However, it could just be the nature of the Headhunter tournaments themselves that are causing me to have the good finishes (i.e. players playing more recklessly). We'll see!