I definitely don't think PL is a NL lite. I think a skilled player has an even greater edge in PL since weaker player can't move in at you all the time. I have to agree about the AA though but you can't get everything. On the other hand that is the curse of position. I think for heads up play PL is the only choice. But taste is different. I like NL as well and I play more NL than PL but I get so tired of the inevitable coinflips that appear when you are on a table with loose aggressive players. Then picking up KK is not a guarantee that u will win...cause the loose player allways calls with Ax off and gets an ace on the board and takes it down. Where is the skill in that? Don't even start about the odds and that stuff. I know...but it still sucks when you have to give your whole buy in away to a lucky git who thinks he played terrific. And before you can get it back he loses it to someone else. :P