# nicknames for Craps dice throws **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 24, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-for-craps-dice-throws/487279 "2009-02-24T21:51:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-for-craps-dice-throws/487279/1 "2009-02-24T21:51:37Z")
Inspired by this thread: > **[Names for playing card numbers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=507631)** > > O. K. I know that: One is Ace Two is Deuce Three is Trey Does anybody know the names of the rest of the numbers? Does anyone know of nicknames for Craps dice throws, other than Snakeyes, Boxcars and LittleJoe (4)? ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-for-craps-dice-throws/487279/2 "2009-02-24T22:42:41Z")
11 is ‘yo’ 4-6-8-10 can be ‘the hard way’ or ‘came easy’ ‘little joe’ is one i never hear used at a table ---
**Author:** ![John\_H\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@John\_H\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_H_1)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-for-craps-dice-throws/487279/3 "2009-02-24T22:44:00Z")
Shamelessly copied from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craps:](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craps:) Note that the names in the table dont always refer to unique rolls. ```auto 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Snake Eyes Ace Deuce Easy Four Five (Fever Five) Easy Six Natural or Seven Out 2 Ace Deuce Hard Four Five (Fever Five) Easy Six Natural or Seven Out Easy Eight 3 Easy Four Five (Fever Five) Hard Six Natural or Seven Out Easy Eight Nine (Nina) 4 Five (Fever Five) Easy Six Natural or Seven Out Hard Eight Nine (Nina) Easy Ten 5 Easy Six Natural or Seven Out Easy Eight Nine (Nina) Hard Ten Yo (Yo-leven) 6 Natural or Seven Out Easy Eight Nine (Nina) Easy Ten Yo (Yo-leven) Boxcars ``` > [@](#): > > Nicknaming the rolls comes with making the game more interesting. Locals often have their own names. Nine is often called a “Centerfield Nine” because 9 is the center of the Field bet. Five is often called “No Field Five” to remind the players that 5 is not paid in the Field bets. Some dealers and players refer to any nine (5-4 or 6-3) as a “Lou Brown.” The 4 (usually hard) is sometimes referred to as “Little Joe, from Kokomo.” In Atlantic City, a 4-5 is called a “Railroad Nine.” Eleven is called out as “Yo” or “Yo’Leven” because it can often be mistaken for a seven. Rolls of 4, 6, 8, and 10 are called “hard” or “easy” (e.g. “Easy Eight”, “Hard Ten”) depending on whether they were rolled as a “double” or as any other combination of values, because of their significance in center table bets known as the “hard ways”.