I noticed after I wrote this, in responding to another post that
DoylesRoom is going to have a bounty tourney coming up in the near future. I will be watching that site for more info on the event.
It seems though that the bounty is only on a few people's heads, not on everyone. In this case I think it is on some selected pro's head.
It would be great if they could duplicate the effect of the Orleans tourney and have a $5 bounty on every entrants head.
In the one where you got paid, was the bounty through the site? Or was it some kind of challenge offered by some individual player who payed you directly?