loonyone said
Ok lets say I am an in the EP openers shoes what would an appropriate opening size be given the stack sizes behind if I were to be holding what a correct range in this position be like QQ+?   

I think given stack sizes you want to raise an amount with your full range that gives you the best price on a steal, so that would be a minraise, as it allows for the most flexibility postflop. And I think you want to be doing that with your full range, AA and whatever the bottom of your opening range is here, maybe JTs or 55 or something. When you see players opening to this size especially at the lower stakes it often means a good hand that they are scared about playing post flop, so they’d rather GII now, like AQs or TT. I think this hand is a pretty clear shove here, especially if you think that even a small percentage of the time this player is going to open/fold on that stack (it really wouldn’t be much, but even 5% or 10% gives you enough FE to make the play).

AKs, while there are times to fold it preflop, they are not often and a strong read is needed for it to be OK IMO, and when you have under 30 and especially under 20 bbs, is often a sigh-get-it-in.

loonyone said
So if i am in EP in a spot like this I should min raise my entire range so I can easily fold to a steal attempt by someone else at a cheaper price having only min raised with the bottom portion of my range and can continue with the top of the range.  

You got it. You want to be able to get away cheaply when you’re stealing but also raise the same with your entire range so as not to give away the strength of your hand when you have it. 

I find that in today’s games it’s more and more common to find people showing over the top of late position raises light, and I’ve been paid off a number of times by keeping my opening sizes the same from late position and get shoved into when I have a monster. Play around with the sizing and see what’s comfortable for you, but the more comfortable you get with postflop play, the more you’ll want to keep your raises preflop small to allow for more postflop play and deeper postflop play when it happens.

The deeper you are postflop, the more the better players get rewarded. That’s why a viable strategy for when you play with people better than you is to shorten the stack sizes when you get to the flop. I think it was made famous by Kill Phil, but they talk about how shoving preflop eliminates a good player’s edge. There’s nothing to do but fold or call, you can’t be outplayed. Obvious you won’t be openshoving 30 + BBs pre, but it’s the principle of the matter.

And on the flip side, if you feel you have a huge edge over the field or the player you are against, you want to keep the raise sizes small to allow for more maneuverability postflop.