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Rank matters during play; points during scoring. So during play the ace is the best and will take the trick, but during scoring it's more important to have collected the 10 than to have collected the ace. This non-alignment of rank and score can make the strategy more interesting - if ace were highest scoring, you could just play the ace and you'd collect ...
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Sounds like Cassino (also called Casino according to Wikipedia).
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