In my observation of play at the high tables I have noticed that lower-Elo players are shunned.

Five or six 2000+ players are sitting at a table, a 1900-level player sits in, and all the others disappear, meaning that they all go to another table.

Then one foggy Christmas Eve, Ryan came to say....

Since that probably won't happen, I offer this self-help remedy to the 1900'ers: If you sit in at a high table and all the 2000'ers leave, stay put! Stage a sit-in. If there is a 1900'er at all the high tables, the 2000'ers will have to use their secret handshake and magic decoder ring to find another table to play at (any table will do, even a zero-limit one). But that will eat up their game time and the people who are willing to play at the 1900 tables will play more games, gain more elo points and catch up faster with the leaders.

1900'ers of all countries....unite!