Drew Casen

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Drew Ara Casen (born 1950) is an American professional bridge player of Armenian descent.

He is a native of Forest Hills, Queens and was raised in the Lenox Hills neighborhood of Farmingdale, New York which abuts the massive public golf course on Long Island where the 2002 US Open was held. Casen took full advantage of this and became a winning Long Island golf star in high school. His paternal grandmother, Aznif Kazazian, 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 and options trading at the NY Stock Exchange. He is an all around expert games player and has excelled in such games as bridge, poker, golf, bowling, backgammon, and ginn.

Casen is an ACBL Grand Life Master and a WBF World International Master and currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.

1 Awards
2 Tournament record
- 2.1 Winner
- 2.2 Runners-up
3 External links

[edit] Awards

Lou Herman Trophy 2006

[edit] Tournament record

[edit] Winner

North American Bridge Championships (3)
- Master Mixed Teams (1) 1983
- Open Swiss Teams (1) 1992
- North American Swiss Teams (1) 2001
Other notable wins:
- Cavendish Invitational Teams (1) 2007
- Cavendish Invitational Pairs (1) 1987

[edit] Runners-up

Rosenblum Cup (1) 1990
North American Bridge Championships (14)
- IMP Pairs (1) 1990
- Open Pairs I (1) 1993
- Blue Ribbon Pairs (2) 1982, 2006
- North American Swiss Teams (1) 2003
- North American Men's Swiss Teams (1) 1986
- Open Swiss Teams (1) 1990
- Mixed Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2006
- Men's Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1982, 1988
- Open Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2006
- Vanderbilt Knockout Teams (3) 1987, 2000, 2005
Other notable 2nd places:
- Cavendish Invitational Pairs (1) 2007