PokerStars has signed Aditya Agarwal and Kosei Ichinose to Team Pro contracts, it announced yesterday via the PokerStars Blog.

The pair are the first Indian and Japanese grinders, respectively, to receive sponsorship deals with the site.

Both players have been playing on the site for many years and found considerable success at the tables, both online and live. Their career highlights include Agarwal finishing 212th in the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event, and an outright victory for Ichinose in a 2013 Asia Pacific Poker Tour event.

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