Good advice from bearhunter here. When you pull the exhaust off turn the saw with the exhaust port down. With the plug out and crank it and see if you get premix out of it. If so, continue to crank until it dries up. Those carbs have tiny passages in them too and not hard to clog up. Way back in the 70's, I saw guys turn their bikes upside down and crank them to clear the bottom ends of fuel. The old CZ bike actually had a drain plug in the bottom of the motor for flooding.
^^^ Small two strokes can be extremely finicky when they're flooded out. I even throw some raw gas in the cylinder while cranking it to help dry things out.
After doing this try starting it with no choke or throttle until it sputters.
