Hello Gents:
Please reread my post above carefully.
It differs from your original method because I said to "Leave the ignition on".

That way you aren't flooding the engine. If you flip it with the ignition off and the choke on, you can easily flood the engine because you don't know when to stop.

By leaving the ignition on when you choke it, the engine will pop when the mixture gets to the combustion chamber.....good enough....engine is ready to start. Take choke off and it will start within a couple of flips.