[jon_1van]

It is true that getting moved from one table to another can be annoying. But it will only be annoying if you know enough to properly react to something you have figured out about your opponents.

Getting moved makes what you knew about your old opponents worthless and forces you to waste time learning about the new opponents.

But an equally good reason to keep the tables equal size is so that everyone will have a similar tourney experience.

If one table goes down to 3 or 4 players they will be playing a distinctly different game (even though both tables are playing holdem) then a table that still has 9 or 10 players left.

Jon