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Over-betting preflop should be a crime. Let’s think about some reasons the first person to bet might make a 5x bet before they see the flop. 1. They are too scared to get called. -Often timespoker online players who like their hand but are unsure how to play it postflop will make a very large bet so that their job is easier. If they win the hand preflop this makes things less complicated. Their fear is that if they don’t bet enough, poker online players with inferior cards will get involved and perhaps beat them. The 4x or 5x opening bet usually is a tell of some kind of pair, usually 7’s or higher. With very small pairs players like to limp in and see a cheap flop. Once the pair gets a bit higher, the player can’t decide if it’s worthwhile on its own or not, so they try to get online poker players with overcards to fold and not contest them. The problem is, if you have a hand like 10s and you make a larger than standard bet, if anyone calls, you can be pretty confident that they have your hand beat, or that they most definitely have overs. Once that flop comes down, they are jamming a low board and check folding to most high flops. Their play is all but written out for them. My suggestion is to play them post flop. If they are putting a ton of pressure on preflop, you can bet that they are nervous to see more cards, and even if you don’t hit, you can represent a better hand. 2. They have a huge hand and don’t want to see a multi-way flop. -Player with big pairs know that slow playing can end in disaster. If it’s early in the tournament, players with big pairs are nervous about making standard size opening bets because the blinds are so inconsequential relative to stack sizes. In that first stage, your 3x might get called by any two suited cards as well as a plethora of actually-playable hands. Once again, these players want to make their lives easier by turning their hand into a preflop one. They are hoping to get re-raised just as much as the player in scenario 1 is hoping to get folded to. Playing all-in preflop is no hassle, and if they lose, it was out of their hands. My suggestion again is to play post flop. If you have a hand worth calling with, see the flop. Decide if you can represent something to scare your opponent. Just like small pairs are terrified or over cards, big pairs are scared to death of suited and connected boards. But keep in mind; it’s harder to make a big pair fold. In both situations, make sure you are in position this way your opponent has to act first on the flop. This is where he is most uncomfortable, so he is likely to give away a lot of useful information.