Drew Ara Casen (born July 6, 1950)Drew A Casen
Radaris. ''radaris.com'' is a top 50 ranked professional

bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...

player. He is a native of Forest Hills and was raised in the Lenox Hills neighborhood of Farmingdale which abuts Bethpage State Park golf course, site of the 2002 and 2009 U.S. Open and the 2019 PGA Championship. Casen took full advantage of this and became a winning Long Island golf star in high school until a sports-related injury sidelined him. His paternal grandmother had taught him card games in his early childhood, so he decided to develop his skills in this area so as to remain in competitive pursuits. He is an accountant by formal training, his former careers being the budget director at

NYU Medical School NYU Grossman School of Medicine is a medical school of New York University, a Private university, private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1841 and is one of two medical schools of the university, with the other being the L ...

and options trading at the NY Stock Exchange. He is an all-around expert games player and has excelled in such games as

poker Poker is a family of comparing card games in which players wager over which hand is best according to that specific game's rules. It is played worldwide, however in some places the rules may vary. While the earliest known form of the game w ...

backgammon Backgammon is a two-player board game played with counters and dice on tables boards. It is the most widespread Western member of the large family of tables games, whose ancestors date back nearly 5,000 years to the regions of Mesopotamia and Pe ...

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

, and

bowling Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), though ...

. Casen is an

American Contract Bridge League The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda. It is the largest such organization in North America having the stated mission ''"to promote, grow and sustain th ...

(ACBL) Grand Life Master and a

World Bridge Federation The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the international governing body of contract bridge. The WBF is responsible for world championship competitions, most of which are conducted at a few multi-event meets on a four-year cycle. The most prestigiou ...

(WBF) World International Master.

Awards

* Herman Trophy 2006

Wins

North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November for about eleven da ...

(7) ** Baze Senior Knockout Teams (2) 2010, 2018 **

Roth Open Swiss Teams The Roth Open Swiss Teams is a national bridge championship Swiss Teams event held at the summer American Contract Bridge League The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexic ...

(2) 2016, 2018 ** North American Swiss Teams (1) 2001 **

Jacoby Open Swiss Teams The Jacoby Open Swiss Teams national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Jacoby Open Swiss Teams is a four session Swiss Teams event with two qualifying ...

(1) 1992 ** Master Mixed Teams (1) 1983 * Other notable wins: ** Cavendish Invitational Teams (1) 2007 ** Cavendish Invitational Pairs (1) 1987 ** Goldman Pairs (1) 1984

Runners-up

Rosenblum Cup Rosenblum Cup is an Open Teams event held every four years as part of the World Bridge Championships. The event was added to the world championships in New Orleans in 1978 to commemorate Julius Rosenblum, who served as president of the World Bridge ...

(1) 1990 *

(16) ** Baze Senior Knockout Teams (2) 2011, 2016 ** Vanderbilt (3) 1987, 2000, 2005 ** Open Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2006 ** Men's Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1982, 1988 ** North American Swiss Teams (1) 2003 **

(1) 1990 ** North American Men's Swiss Teams (1) 1986 ** Mixed Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2006 **

Blue Ribbon Pairs The Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs (or simply the Blue Ribbon Pairs) is a national bridge championship held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The event is restricted to those that have wo ...

(2) 1982, 2006 ** Open Pairs I (1) 1993 ** IMP Pairs (1) 1990 * United States Bridge Championships (2) ** Open Team Trials (1) 2000 ** Senior Team Trials (1) 2008 * Other notable 2nd places: ** Reisinger Knockout Teams (1) 1988 ** Cavendish Invitational Pairs (1) 2007

References

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* 1950 births People from Queens, New York American contract bridge players American people of Armenian descent Living people {{bridge-game-stub