Running Multiple Entries in Last Man Standing: Is It Worth It?
Most Last Man Standing competitions allow players to enter more than once. Used well, multiple entries are one of the most powerful edges available. Used badly, they just double your losses. Here is how to think about it.
The KwickPicks Team has spent years running and playing Last Man Standing competitions across the Premier League, Championship, and lower leagues. We write about LMS strategy, fixture analysis, and pick advice to help players at every level survive longer — and win.
The Basic Case for Multiple Entries
In Last Man Standing, you are not just trying to survive — you are trying to outlast every other player. Probability compounds over many rounds. Even the safest weekly pick carries meaningful failure risk when you need to survive fifteen or twenty rounds in a row.
Multiple entries give you multiple paths through the competition. If one entry is eliminated early, another continues. If you run them with different picks in the same round, you hedge against any single result. The more entries you run well, the higher the probability that at least one reaches the final rounds — where the pot is won.
Illustrative probabilities assuming independent picks each round.
The Right Way to Run Two Entries
The mistake most players make with multiple entries is picking the same team on both. If you pick the same team twice, you have not gained any strategic advantage — you have just doubled your stake on a single outcome. Both entries win or both entries lose together.
The strategic use of two entries is to split them across different picks — particularly in rounds where there is one obvious banker and one interesting contrarian option. Use your first entry for the safe pick. Use your second entry for the contrarian pick.
If the safe pick wins
Both entries survive. You are in a strong position regardless of what the contrarian pick produced.
If the contrarian pick wins and safe pick loses
One entry survives. You have outlasted every player who went with the safe pick — which is often the majority of the field.
If both picks lose
Both entries are eliminated. This is the genuine risk of the strategy — splitting picks means you can be eliminated on two fronts in a bad round.
Managing Your Team Pool Across Multiple Entries
Each entry has its own independent team pool. You can use Manchester City on Entry 1 in Round 3 and also use Manchester City on Entry 2 in Round 3 — they are separate. The constraint is that within each entry, you can only use a team once for the duration of the competition.
This creates interesting long-term planning opportunities. If you use Man City early on Entry 1 but hold them back on Entry 2, you preserve a premium pick on Entry 2 for a future round where Entry 1 may not have a strong option. Think of each entry as having its own independent season-long strategy.
When Multiple Entries Make Financial Sense
The expected value calculation is straightforward. If a competition has a £500 pot, ten players, and costs £10 to enter, the expected return on a single entry is even money (£10 to win £500, at 1-in-10 odds with no skill). Multiple entries increase your probability of winning proportionally — two entries gives you roughly 2-in-10 odds, assuming similar skill across the field.
In practice, the expected value of multiple entries is higher than proportional if you are a better-than-average player — because your skill advantage multiplies across entries. If you make consistently better picks than the rest of the field, running three entries magnifies that edge. If you make consistently worse picks, it magnifies those losses instead.
The honest answer
Multiple entries are worth it if you are playing deliberately — reading fixtures, managing your pool, and making informed picks. If you are picking on instinct or without much thought, more entries just means more money at risk.
How Many Entries Should You Run?
Two entries is the sweet spot for most players. It gives you the strategic splitting option without overcomplicating your pool management. Three entries becomes harder to manage — keeping track of which teams are available on which entry across a full season requires genuine attention.
Beyond three, the management overhead grows quickly and the marginal benefit of each additional entry diminishes. Unless you are a highly experienced LMS player running entries as a deliberate, well-tracked strategy, two is the recommended ceiling.
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