Which line is best for a moron against Sicilian?

I ran into the Sicilian once a while back and decided I needed to know at least a few moves in the opening against it. I went to Opening Explorer and just looked at the most common response 7 or 8 moves deep. This ended up being the "Open Sicilian", and it seems to give me a reasonable position I can play out after the first 6 - 8 moves (assuming black plays the main line, anyway).

Now it seems like I just keep running into it, and I have been very lucky in it so far. I feel like, however, I will start running into players who actually know the opening and I am going to end up lost. 

I don't intend to try to learn all of the sidelines but I would like to know if I, as a "beginner", should consider learning a different line than the Open Sicilian? When I look at other peoples games against this defense, I rarely see them play the Open, most tend to go for closed lines, so I am worried maybe I have chosen the wrong approach .

Keep in mind that whichever line I choose, I will only be learning 8 - 10 moves deep into the main line unless I start running into a specific sideline and decide I should look into that a few moves deep.

Thank you

I play Alapin.

At this moment, you really shouldn't worry, that is for sure. But let's say you get stronger. There is still no right or wrong answer here. After all, open Sicilian is for both white and black completely playable. 

Play games, many games and if and when you get better, see how much you win and lose in such positions. 

In my case, up until 1 600, I've played open Sicilian as white. I saw that I lose a bit more such games as white than I would've liked, so now I play something else. 

For now, the only thing you should ask yourself is: Do you enjoy playing when you get such positions?

If you hate those games, sure, change things up, but if not, some stability is in order, and is the way to go because you will gain some experience in a certain position.

In the end, on 1 000 level, games will be decided mostly by a simple tactic or by a hanging piece (sometimes more than once in a game). When that is the case, playing open Sicilian or Canal attack or Alapin is not the most crucial thing.

Thanks. Yeah, I don't hate the position I get. It has been pretty comfortable so far. And I realize that studying openings isn't a priority at my level, but I feel like I should know 4 or 5 moves into openings I tend to run into

#1
"I will start running into players who actually know the opening and I am going to end up lost."
++ Sicilian Defence is very sharp and is heavily analysed to 24 moves deep.

"as a "beginner", should consider learning a different line than the Open Sicilian?"
++ Not necessarily. There are solid sidelines of the Open Sicilian too.

"I rarely see them play the Open, most tend to go for closed lines"
++ Yes, to avoid all the theory

"whichever line I choose, I will only be learning 8 - 10 moves deep"
++ 8-10 moves is nothing in the Open Sicilian.

You're welcome. Yeah, it is a good idea. I usually do not worry about openings too much, as long as I don't get a bad or losing position right from the start. I look at the game afterwards and if something went wrong, I figure it out to just not make the same mistake again. 

8-10 moves is nothing for a 2 000+ rated person. I usually don't need that much, and especially 1 000 rated player doesn't need that much. 

So no need for him to be afraid, and when he gets better, he will cross that bridge in some way, either by playing something else or by studying games from masters.

#7
"especially 1 000 rated player doesn't need that much"
++ At rating 1000 blunders decide the game certainly not the opening.
In sharp Open Sicilian positions there are many ways to blunder.
Say you know 8 moves and your opponent 10, then you have to find 2 moves on yourself and you have 2 possible pitfalls. Say you know 10 and your opponent knows 12, same story. Then 14-16-18 all the way to 24. It is a never ending arms race that absorbs so much time and effort better spent in another way. That is why the Anti-Sicilians are attractive: 2 Nc3, 2 c3, 2 f4. Smyslov and Spassky have played 2 Nc3. Sveshnikov thought 2 c3 best. There is less theory, and it is not as sharp, so you can play those on opening principles alone without theory.

"no need for him to be afraid" ++ It is not a matter of fear, it is a matter of efficiency.

"either by playing something else"
++ If something else is needed later, then it is better to start playing something else right now.

"or by studying games from masters"
++ In the Open Sicilian games are being played every day, so keeping up is a full time job.

#8
"Just follow the opening principles and you will be fine"
++ The Open Sicilian is too sharp for that. There is no room for error.

If it must be the Open Sicilian, then I would recommend 6 Be2 and 7 O-O.
It is less sharp and less theoretical. That is how Karpov played it.

Wait, what? The open Sicilian is by far the most popular. Also, who are those "other people"?

i usually either fianchetto (dragon variation) or get knights out

The c3 Sicilian or if you a little more ambitious the Grand Prix: 1e4 c5 Nc3 with ideas of f4 and Bc4 or Bb5. Roman Dzindzichashvili has done a few videos and written on this line. (He annoys me because I have to do a search engine request everytime I look up his bloody name. He once said it's easier to learn the Accelerated Dragon than it was to spell his name.)

Fighting the Sicilian With The Grand Prix Attack...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/fighting-the-sicilian-with-the-grand-prix-attack

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell

I play 2.c3 Alapin as well. most players seem to play 2...Nc6 against it rather than 2...Nf6 because thats what they play against 2.Nf3

Pick one anti-Sicilian that you can understand or enjoy playing.

I run into so many anti-Sicilians at the club level (1500-1800) that it bored and drove me to have 2 replies ready for variety.

Black and white does well in all lines.

Personally, I play the open Sicilian because white gets everything he wants early and mid-way thru the game.

wing gambit

The Open Sicilian is the most promising way to challenge the Sicilian head-on.

What's the problem with occasionally losing a game in the Open? With each loss you should learn something useful... you ARE analyzing your losses, yes?

If you like the positions you are getting I'd keep playing the Open Sicilian. When you start running into players who know the opening be sure and learn from the experience. You will improve and over time you will be the payer that knows the opening.

games posted here by normal people who aren't titled. 

I don't have a problem losing occasionally or even more with it. I analyze and annotate all of my games regardless of outcome. The question was based on the fact that I had just chosen to look at the top several moves in the sicilian line, based on CC Master games, and I was concerned that there may be a better line for me to begin with against this defense.

It sounds like, although many prefer the alapin and grand prix, that the open is suitable for now. As I progress I will start looking at other lines as well, and maybe I will find them easier to play, I dunno, but for now it sounds like I am fine in my current line.