Career
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 United States. Open. Casen took full advantage of this and became a winning Long Island golf star in high school until a sports-related injury sidelined him. He is an accountant by formal training, his former careers being the budget director at New York University Medical School and options trading at the New York Stock Exchange.
He is an all-around expert games player and has excelled in such games as bridge, poker, backgammon, golf, and bowling.
Casen is an American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Grand Life Master and a World Bridge Federation (WBF) World International Master. He currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Rosenblum Cup (1) 1990 North American Bridge Championships (15) (Baze Senior Knockout Teams 2011) 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 Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1990 North American Men"s Swiss Teams (1) 1986 Mixed Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2006 Blue Ribbon Pairs (2) 1982, 2006 Open Pairs I (1) 1993 Interface Message Processor 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.