Now that the match had reached the heads-up stage, new rules applied, to which they had all agreed at the start. Penalties for losing contested hands would now be carried out with a switch. And to make these switchings riskier, both final contestants had to go down one notch in clothing. Carmilla removed her maid's dress, and Drusilla was now down to her panties only. Meanwhile the two eliminated players, Lady Salem and Princess Annabeth, sat naked on their sore caned bottoms. Luck had not favored the aristocrats that day.
A number of uncontested hands took their stacks to: Drusilla $124,750 and Carmilla $81,150. The blinds were now $1200 and $2400.
Drusilla was dealt Q9 suited in clubs and called from the small blind. Carmilla had AQ suited in hearts, and raised to $7900. Drusilla called again. The flop came down TC 7C KS, giving Drusilla a flush draw but she would lose if she didn't hit it.
Carmilla bet $8200 and Drusilla raised to $17500. The maid decided it was now or never and pushed all-in: $72,950. Drusilla called, in what was now likely to be the deciding hand of the match.
The turn was 3H, no help to anyone. Drusilla desperately needed a club. The river came down - 6 of spades. With a high-card win, Carmilla had regained the lead by a huge margin. She was now on $162,300.
Drusilla, now on $43600, didn't have to lose her panties yet. But Carmilla made sure the switching was very painful anyway. The whippy sound of the green sapling filled the room along with Drusilla's yelps and cries. Carmilla made sure plenty of stripes were laid on the lower part of her victim's bottom where the panties covered very little.
Drusilla had a hard slog in front of her to overcome maid Carmilla's huge chip advantage. The match didn't go all Carmilla's way, and Drusilla did get to use the switch. In one hand, she called with Q9 and Carmilla checked with K7-suited.
The flop, 7D AC 6S, was no help to anyone and was checked down. The turn QC gave Drusilla some hope. She bet $3500 and Carmilla could afford to call and see the river. It turned out to be 5D. Still no help, but Drusilla bet her queens with $6000. Carmilla believed her and folded, even though it meant bending over for the switch in her underwear.
Drusilla learnt well from Carmilla how to make the switching hurt, and paid the maid back in full. She laid most of her strokes on the bare lower part of the victim's behind, where her thong panties gave no protection. Carmilla could no longer preserve the silence she'd kept so far - she yelped and hissed through gritted teeth.
Carmilla was used to handing out pain and humiliation, not taking it. Besides losing a spanking bet to Annabeth, there had only been that one time she fell foul of Fredonia's archaic laws, and been exposed naked in the town square, where anyone could slap her. (See "A State of Public Humiliation" series).
The $18,400 pot brought the totals to:
Carmilla 158000
Drusilla 47900