Ryan Jones won his first WSOP Circuit ring to continue a strong start to his 2015 campaign. (Image: WSOP.com) Ryan Jones earned his first ever World Series of Poker Circuit ring by taking down the Harrah’s Cherokee Main Event in Cherokee, North Carolina. The victory earned Jones $235,804 and a seat in the WSOP National Championship in July, which will be held in the very same casino where Jones won this week. Jones came out on top of a 786-player field that featured several notable pros as well as most of the local North Carolina poker community. Jones himself only lived a few hours away, and found that winning a major tournament close to home made the victory even sweeter.