So after letting all the gas inside the intake evaporate with the carb off, I went back to what worked the other day

Trailer all the way down, choke disconnected. Fired up instantly and idled OK. After about a minute, it was about to die off, gave it a little throttle to keep it running. Let it idle for about 5 mins catching it with a little throttle every 30 sec or so to keep it going.

I don't want to get ahead of myself, but seems like the choke is so out of whack that its causing it not to start when connected. I have it set to dead center right now... but when I got it back from the carb guy he had it dead center upside down. Thinking maybe he bent it up.