What does everyone play against the Sicilian as white?

I normally play the ‘open sicilian’(e.g 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be2) but I want to experiment with other lines too and perhaps look into a few in depth.Any suggestions are welcome ;) It would be interesting to know which variation is the most ‘popular’ response against it.

I don't play E4 because the sicilian messes me up... which is unfortunate because I love playing the Ruy Lopez.

I'm lazy and don't want to study chess just to stay current with theory, so I play the KIA in response to the Sicilian.

When I did play the open variation, I just pushed the kingside pawns and hoped for the best. I have restrained myself and started playing the Prins variation, responding 5. f2 instead of Nc3. It's no way to get an advantage, but it is little theory and allows a real game.

#2 The Sicilian is not that scary lol. Don't let it stop you from playing e4 ;).It is quite a dynamic opening compared to e4, e5; Took me a while to get the concept( maybe still don't really get it lol) but I've noticed that a lot of c5 players don't actually know a lot of theory and after the first few moves they would play something dubious( not playing a6 in the najdorf, allowing Nd5) which gives white slight advantage. However, if black knows what to do then it is quite tough to play against.

Watch some old Tal Sicilians, some of them might give you some ideas. Even Fischer played it from to time, didn't he ?

Fischer-Sozin Attack: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 (especially against the Najdorf).

Try alapin sicilian, closed sicilian is kind of surprise as many black players don't play very well versus closed system, try maybe fischer-sozin attack

@Tae7 im not sure early e5 is dubious. @jonesmh 5 f2? So you pass a move

#9 yeah, that was a mistake ;) I meant not playing a6 to prevent ideas of Nd5