Gravity brake bleed not working

I’ve got a little play in the top position of the pedal so I’m confident there that All is good with the pushrod. Im thinking #1 from above post is the issue.
As I mentioned before, after bench bleed there was no fluid coming out the ports before even installing the brake lines. It did bench bleed just fine. So the master just won’t leak out any fluid for me to make it happen. I thought maybe pushing the pedal down enough to reposition the pistons in the master might let fluid pass.