I know you guys are aching to answer some questions, since there hasn't been a new post in 6 days or so, so I'll post this one.
Just now in the tournament, we were at 3 tables left. Tables were 8, 7, and 7 handed. The 7 handed table lost a player, so I moved a player from an 8 handed table to balance it. BEFORE the next hand was dealt, a player at the other 7 handed table got busted out, and we were now down to 20 players (2 tables). Now I'm going to break the 3rd table, but the player says "Shouldn't I get my seat back since I haven't played a hand yet?" I kept him at the new table since I had moved him before that player was busted. He didn't argue at all, he was just asking.
I guess in the future I could wait until all tables complete the hand they are on before moving a player, but i was just trying to save some time in case no one went bust.