It still should start. A big problem is the gas today, it tends to evaporate, even though it's sealed inside the bowls.
My car has no choke, but will fire with the pump, pump, crank, pump, pump crank feather the throttle till it warms up method.
None of my cars have chokes. They'll start on a 25* day without batting an eye using the same method as quoted by Bad Sport. After 30 seconds of "feathering" it, they will usually idle on their own and I can walk away.
