I'm pretty sure misplay but its kinda grey...
Fact that the guy wanted to push more people out, in my mind, can definately put him on a midpair, with the flop coming the way it did, I'd figure that the only hand to beat you would be 88 (presuming that he wouldnt raise or call that much with 33, and presuming he owuldnt be BS'ing you with aa). Although a8 and a3 beat you, its tough to put someone on either one of those with that big of a raise) I would Imagine putting in a large raise on the flop after the initial bet, using a little less money than you'd be putting in on the turn and river in the pot now, to find out the strength of his hand. If he calls, you presume he'd have a hand, and youd get rid of it on the turn or river if he had bet large. Still, in that situation, if he does call, he outdraws you and could sucker you in for more money. As for his bets, yea, they are defintaely kind weird as eej said. 16 into a 40 pot... what is that??
"I also def relise i soulda reraised the flop pretty hard. But i also could almost aliminate A3 A8 and 33 b/c they said the wish it had been more preflop "
^^ exaCTLY. But as you were saying, these guys are loose and fast and ****, so you might get a guy to go along with you with a junk and sucker you in for way more money than youd be in for normally.. Really a tough call, but i think a heavy raise on the flop would be the best play. Big enough so these "donks" cant even justify calling you down, but the way it sounds, your AJ guy would have called most any raise on teh flop, so i think you were doomed ffrom teh start... sucks but that stuff happens.. sigh.