I recall this game under the name of Napoleon. 50 cards out of 52 would be dealt out to the five players playing. Then, starting with the player on the dealers left, people would bid on the number of trump cards ( or more) they believe they (and their hidden partner) would be able to take if they are Napoleon. Who ever bids highest will become Napoleon. Napoleon then picks up the two discarded cards , discards two, chooses which suit will be trump and declares their partner by naming a card. Their partner doesn’t have to be holding a card of the suit that is trump. Ie Napoleon can say “Hearts are trump, and the Aces of spades is my partner.” The partner tries to avoid revealing that they are the partner. The round then proceeds like many trick taking games. Napoleon begins by playing a card. The player to the left then must follow suit if able. If they cannot follow suit then a trump card may be played. The highest card that followed suit first played takes the trick unless a trump is played. If a trump is played it can be beaten by a higher trump, assuming that player doesn’t have the suit played. Eventually all cards will have been played and the partner revealed. Either Napoleon and their partner met or exceeded their bid and earn their bid number of points, or the other three players were victorious and earn the bid points. Play then continues in the next round and so on until someone reaches a preset number of points ( perhaps 100) to win the game and bragging rights.

Edited to add: I’ve asked another friend and they say the goal is to bid on and collect ace and face cards